The Fall Is Fast Approaching
July 31st - Summer is passing swiftly and Fall is fast approaching.The heat feels like summer, but the news is about hurricanes, football, and harvest. Surely summer can't have already passed by while we blinked.
The media is full of discussions about the economy and the stimulus pakages. Unemployment numbers are slowing, but, still at record levels. As you look about you many are struggling to keep the jobs they have or to find a new one to replace the one they have had for years.
Combine these thoughts together and you must find a way to actively engage your future to maintain your sanity. Looking at returning to College for your final year, it is imperative that you decide to act on your behalf. Action is the only antidote to the news of the day and the quick passage of time.
We hear stories everyday of candidates being admitted to graduate school or finding a new job. The trick that they have all learned - work on your search everyday!
Sending out letters every day to any address you can find is not the way you want to stay busy. Responding to every ad you can find is not the way you want to spend your days.
You want to be working on what others have called "warm" contacts. Networking with people who have a reason to say yes to your request for advice is where you need to be investing your time. These "warm" contacts are your family, friends, classmates, faculty, college alumni, ex-supervisors, or those you might meet in a professional networking site like LinkedIn.
These are "warm" because they already know you. They have seen you preform. They share the Davidson experience. They share an interest in a particular industry, issue or problem area. These are not cold contacts. They are "warm". They will respond because of the prior connection. This is where you need to be acting.
Act! Work on your search every day. Invest in the highest yield activities and people. Network with "warm" contacts. Promise yourself to enter the Fall actively working on your own behalf!